Sazon seasoning is a type of seasoned salt found in Spanish and Mexican markets. The seasoning is used on meats, fish, poultry, and even to flavor soups and stews. One popular brand is by Goya Foods. Typical ingredients include cilantro, achiote, garlic, salt. Some brands contain MSG, so check labels carefully if you wish to avoid the additive.
Goya Sazon can be purchased a many Mexican or South American markets. This very popular seasoning is stocked in many other well-stocked grocery stores such as Walmart, Safeway stores. Look for it in the aisle with other Hispanic foods. You can also buy the seasoning online at Amazon: Sazon Seasoning.
Ingredients vary per flavor. The tomato and cilantro ingredients include: monosodium glutamate, salt, dehydrated garlic and tomato, spices, yellow dye 5 and red dye 40, tricalcium phosphate.
1 tablespoon kosher salt 1 tablespoon whole black peppercorns, toasted then ground 1 tablespoon granulated garlic 1 tablespoon ground coriander seed 1 tablespoon cumin seed, toasted then ground 1 tablespoon Mexican oregano, crumbled 1 tablespoon achiote seeds
Mix ingredients together well and use 1.5 teaspoons for each packet of the Goya Sazon your recipe calls for.